Ken'ichi Yamamoto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese novelist
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Place of Birth: Kyoto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
About Ken'ichi Yamamoto
- Ken'ichi Yamamoto (????, Yamamoto Ken'ichi, July 23, 1956 – February 13, 2014) was a Japanese writer. After first being employed by a publisher, Yamamoto, himself, became a full-time writer. In 2004, he won the Seicho Matsumoto Award for Katen no shiro, and in 2009 the Naoki Prize for Rikyu ni Tazune yo.
- Both books were made into movies. Yamamoto died on February 13, 2014 from lung cancer at the age of 57.
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